Friends

It's the time of year when we think about friends and family a little more than the busy days of life let us throughout the year. So hold them close but let them go free to find their way, love them and tell them so as often as you can, and then when it's time to let go..... cry, yell and say a prayer, hold good thoughts or whatever brings you comfort.

I was privileged to know and be a friend with Ann Marie Brown. Ann Marie is now released from her pain and has joined the legions of 'angel' knitters. Ann Marie was the founder of the local Afghans of Appreciation for the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines - past and present. Over the four years that the Afghan drive was running, she collected over 2000 afghans or lap robes to send to troops. It always seemed that when she lost one point of contact to ship to, another always turned up. Sometimes quite unexpectedly. And from all walks of life. She used to say it was her Irish luck. Whatever it was, it worked. So now we take a pause to remember our knitting breaks at Borders, Stitch Therapy evenings and lots of other things. Our sympathy goes out to her family and to those of use who were our other family

Hugs to everybody!